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O. R. Gurney
Oliver Robert Gurney (28 January 1911 - 11 January 2001) was an English Assyriologist from the Gurney family and a leading scholar of the Hittites. Educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford,...view moreOliver Robert Gurney (28 January 1911 - 11 January 2001) was an English Assyriologist from the Gurney family and a leading scholar of the Hittites. Educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford, he joined the Royal Artillery during World War II. On his return to Oxford in 1945, he accepted the post of Reader in Assyriology, which he held until his retirement in 1978. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1959 and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1963. In 1965, the University conferred on him the title of Professor. Gurney passed away in 2001 at the age of 89.view less